Chile’s Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos has advised Compañía Cervecerías Unidas, one of Chile’s largest beer, soft drink, juice, mineral water and wine producers, in connection with the issuance and placement

Simpson Thacher has represented JP Morgan and Citigroup in a $500 million bond offering by Kimberly-Clark de México (KCM).

EY Law has named Hernán Pacheco as the new leader of the legal practice for the northern Latin America region (LAN), and which encompasses Central America and the Dominican Republic, as well as Bolivia,

Law firm Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga has represented PepsiCo in the expansion of its Uruguay plant, and which will make it one of the world´s largest concentrate plants.

Francisco O. Sánchez, a shareholder in the Miami office of Greenberg Traurig, has been appointed to the board of directors of Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) for a three-year term.

A pro bono team from law firm Holland & Knight has represented World Impact Foundation, a California-based non-profit corporation, with the arrangement of a $500,000 loan agreement entered into with Ecoblock International, a social housing company

Chilean law firm Carey has acted as counsel to the creditors on the negotiation of a pre-packaged reorganisation agreement of AD Retail to restructure its debt of over $180 million.

Brazilian law firm Baptista Luz has acted for W3Haus, a group of digital advertising agencies based in Rio Grande do Sul state, on its buyout by Stefanini, a Brazilian technology company.

Spanish law firm Abencys Reestructuraciones, which specialises in insolvency and restructuring, has entered Argentina in association with local law firm De la Vega, Caldani, Linares Luque & Eviner.

Italian energy company Enel has increased its stake in its Chilean subsidiary Enel Chile to 64.9 per cent of the company’s share capital, by settling two share swap transactions to acquire up to 3 per cent